Media Release: George Airport open for business travel under Alert Level 3

For Immediate Release
16 July 2020

We welcome the announcement by Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, that George Airport will open to receive business travellers and cargo under Alert Level 3. As a critical transport link for providing access to the Garden Route District for many business travellers across South Africa, this decision provides much-needed support to jobs and the economy in the Western Cape.

That is why we have been working hard, together with the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA), the George Airport management, George Municipality and our provincial Department of Health, to find a solution that will allow the George Airport to meet the criteria required for the airport to open.

Thanks to the effort of all involved, the Western Cape Department of Health will partner with ACSA to ensure that Covid-19 screening is conducted at the George Airport.

We are confident that George Airport is ready to welcome businesses travellers to the Garden Route.

Read full statement: https://www.westerncape.gov.za/news/george-airport-open-business-travel-under-alert-level-3